WEB EXCLUSIVE Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn., has opened a new development center to use its portfolio of resins and additives to help compounders, component manufacturers, and OEMs develop new applications for TPEs.ArticlePublished: 7/1/2009

WEB EXCLUSIVE LyondellBasell Industries, Wilmington, Del., has formed a global business team dedicated to healthcare applications, and claims this is a first for a polyolefins supplier.ArticlePublished: 5/29/2009

WEB EXCLUSIVE NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., the world’s first and largest commercial producer of polylactide (PLA) biopolymer, has invested $1 million to convert its former pilot plant in Savage, Minn., into an applications lab for its Ingeo-b...ArticlePublished: 5/29/2009

One of the unusual features of NPE 2009 in Chicago June 22-24 will be the first-ever concurrent presentation of the SPE ANTEC conference, by far the largest of seven conferences at McCormick Place during the show.ArticlePublished: 5/1/2009